March 11, 2013  

S6 schools transition visits

stockbridgeVisits by Broughton senior pupils to our cluster schools — Flora’s, Ferryhill, Granton, and Stockbridge — are underway.  Our S6 visiting team consists of Katie Messer, Daniel McIvor, Tommy Loan, David Hand, Cailean Osborne, Tomiwa Folorunso, and Maddy Bourne.  By all accounts the P6 and P7’s who face the jump to high school soon are delighted by what they see and hear.  Kathryn Collier, P6 teacher at Stockbridge, writes, ‘I and the Primary 7 teacher were highly impressed with the talk. The Broughton seniors ensured they had a captivated audience at all times, spoke very well and were fantastic when answering questions.  Thank you for organising this.’  To our senior visiting team the Parent Council second this note of thanks!

 

March 6, 2013  

Tuck Shop HELP NEEDED — Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships Sunday 10th March

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The Broughton Association is running a tuck shop at the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Competition at Broughton High School this Sunday, 10th March.  With 400-500 visitors expected, it’s a great opportunity to give the BA a cash injection to help fund more extra-curricular activities at the school. 

Can spare an hour of your time between 9am and 4pm to help staff the tuck shop, or can you do a bit of home baking?
E-mail Carole on carole.m@talktalk.net if you can! 
March 5, 2013  

New Clerk appointed for Parent Council

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Advertising through our new social media channels this term turned up an astonishing number of interested and highly qualified candidates for our recently vacated position of Parent Council Clerk.  Having considered them all for some weeks, we have now appointed our new Clerk.  Welcome, Fiona Cassidy!  She will help run the operational side of the Parent Council, ensuring such things as recording of minutes and the publishing of agendas.
This follows many years of dedicated service by Iain McDonald, to whom we extend our sincere thanks for his long support.
Fiona’s big task at the moment is helping the Communications team ensure that all website records are up-to-date.
March 4, 2013  

Nature cameraman Doug Allan visits Broughton

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Maddy Bourne, depute head girl at Broughton High, was able, through a friend of her mother, to bring celebrated cameraman Doug Allan to school last week.  Doug is a freelance photographer and cameramen whose work has been shown in a large number of nature documentaries for the past 20 years, including those presented by David Attenborough.  It was he who contributed some of the most memorable scenes on Blue Planet, Life, and Frozen Planet.

Doug, who hails from Dunfermline, gave Broughton pupils a fine presentation about working in some of the world’s wildest places.

Said Maddy, about the visit, “It is really great to get Doug, as lots of people at the school are interested in the media.  Doug is so big in that scene.  The pupils are excited to see him.”

Headteacher John Wilson added, “Doug is so renowned as a documentary photographer and cameraman. I am delighted, as the inspiration for Doug coming here did not come from me or other teachers, but a senior student at the school.”

See STV coverage of this exciting event here.

March 1, 2013  

Wanted: parent and carer ambassadors

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We need parents and carers to meet and greet school visitors and promote the work of the Parent Council at school events.
These events range from parent evenings to school concerts, to Saturday music cafes to Septemberfest.
Could you do it?
If we can secure enough support you would only be committing to a couple of hours two or three times a year.
Please consider this and help spread the word that we are seeking support.
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